Buddy Franklin Buracker, 59, of Harpers Ferry, WV, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, after a short illness.
Born on January 6, 1952, in Luray, Virginia, he was the son of the late Ernest and MaeBelle Rossen Buracker.
Buddy was a member of the Worship Center in Leola, Pennsylvania.
He was a devoted husband and loving father who always put family first. He will be surely missed, but will always live in the hearts of those who were privileged to know him.
Buddy is survived by his loving wife of thirty-four years, Cheryl Buracker; one son, Christopher Buracker; and one daughter, Sarah Buracker, all of Harpers Ferry; one brother, Frank Buracker of Golden Beach, MD; two nephews, Jamie Buracker and Brian Greene; and four nieces, Jessica Hagy, Mackenzie Walton, Julie and Kim Greene.
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at the Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home, US 340 at Halltown Road, Charles Town/Harpers Ferry, WV, with Pastor Donald Neff officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery at Luray, Virginia.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Memorial contributions in memory of Buddy may be made to Compassion International, Colorado Springs, CO 80997.
Condolences to the family may be expressed at his obituary at www.eackles-spencerfuneralhome.com/ .
